Asphalt Weekly Monitor

Seyma Tul

5 June 2020

East Coast retail asphalt prices declined in many areas with flux retail pricing steady.
Asphalt barge prices firm on the East Coast, with flux barge pricing easing.
Retail markets ease slightly in some Midwest areas. Most others are unchanged.
Midwest wholesale barge/rail prices climb higher for June on active trade. Flux was mixed.
Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing holds steady for the week.
Barge pricing for asphalt increases, with flux barge pricing easing in the Gulf Coast.
Rocky Mountain retail prices are adjusted lower in a few spots. Others are static.
Rocky Mountain wholesale prices are assessed modestly higher for June supply.
Demand was increasing in most West Coast locations, with no price changes this week.
In western Canada, retail markets were flat, but wholesale prices went up this week.
Both Quebec and Ontario market prices were higher this week.
Oil prices increased for all benchmark grades, mostly due to reported lower U.S. crude inventory and oil production cuts per EIA data this week.
Holly Frontier announced plans to convert its Cheyenne, Wyoming refinery to a biofuels plant. (See Industry News)